{"product_id":"two-shorter-accounts-of-the-trojan-war-the-seege-of-troye-the-rawlinson-prose-siege-of-troy-a-modern-translation-9781091512306","title":"Two Shorter Accounts of the Trojan War: The Seege of Troye \u0026 The Rawlinson Prose Siege of Troy: A Modern Translation","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe earliest known account of the Trojan War in the English language is the \u003ci\u003eSeege of Troye\u003c\/i\u003e: an anonymous minstrel poem of the early fourteenth century, loosely based on the \u003ci\u003eExcidio Trojae Historia\u003c\/i\u003e of Dares Phrygius and the \u003ci\u003eRoman de Troie\u003c\/i\u003e of Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Fresh from his 2018 translation of John Lydgate's 30,000-line epic \u003ci\u003eTroy Book\u003c\/i\u003e, D. M. Smith now turns his attention to this lighter and more vernacular work, presenting its first translation into Modern English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith provides the full MS. Lincoln's Inn 150-most complete of the four surviving manuscripts of the \u003ci\u003eSeege of Troye\u003c\/i\u003e-with supplementary material from the extensively-rewritten MS. Harley 525. Also included is a modern translation of the \u003ci\u003eRawlinson Prose Siege of Troy\u003c\/i\u003e-a fifteenth-century redaction of Lydgate's \u003ci\u003eTroy Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and the oldest English prose account of the Trojan War-here published for the first time alongside its metrical namesake. Both texts are heavily annotated, with a detailed introduction placing them within the wider \"Troy\" canon of the Middle Ages and classical antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. M. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781091512306\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42974994989171,"sku":"9.78109E+12","price":24.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bb885060-e893-44c5-b21c-a8cad5ba058b.jpg?v=1744198770","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/two-shorter-accounts-of-the-trojan-war-the-seege-of-troye-the-rawlinson-prose-siege-of-troy-a-modern-translation-9781091512306","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}